The Finals Series, new tyres and the close of relationships highlight the storylines of the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship season.
In the biggest change since the introduction of Gen3 in 2023, this season will be split into three sections encompassing the Sprint and Endurance Cups, before the final three rounds make up the Finals Series.
The Repco Sprint Cup will comprise the Sydney 500 season opener, Melbourne SuperSprint, Taupo Super 440, Tasmania Super 440, Perth Super 440, Darwin Triple Crown, Townsville 500 and Ipswich Super 440.
Bringing in these new tyre types is predicted to make the drivers work harder and in testing this has proven to be the case. Nick Percat’s heart rate went from 150 beats per minute to 190 during a 25-lap tyre test at Queensland Raceway.
The different compounds will be split between races and no two can be used in the same event during Saturday’s twin-120km contests.
“I think this new tyre is gonna spice up the racing. I’m pretty excited to see what it does for our series,” Erebus Motorsport driver Jack Le Brocq said.
“I’m keen to get out there and attack a bit more. I think that’s going to be the biggest thing. Among most drivers, everyone’s pretty excited to have the chance to actually be able to drive those things a bit harder.
“If that’s the case, we’re going to have a bit of a slog out there.”
Sydney and Townsville’s 500km formats change up to include a 100km sprint race on the Friday evening in an exciting addition to the already popular schedules.
The Enduro Cup returns starting at the inaugural The Bend 500 and the legendary Repco Bathurst 1000.
Winning the Sprint or Enduro Cup automatically qualifies that driver for the Finals Series alongside those to have score enough points to form the top 10.
Those drivers will have their points reset to 3000 and additional bonus points will be awarded based on performance in the regular season. Further to this, any driver winning a race on the Gold Coast and in the Final Series will qualify for Sandown.
Following on from the Gold Coast, the bottom three drivers are eliminated leaving seven to battle it out at Sandown where the points will be reset to 4000.
Winning a race at Sandown by one of the seven finalists guarantees qualification for the season finale in Adelaide as the bottom three again knocked out.
This leaves four drivers battling it out at the Adelaide 500, with the points reset to 5000 and the highest scorer will win the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship.
The remaining drivers not qualifying for the finals will continue to fight it out for race victories and championship positions until the very last encounter at the Adelaide Grand Final.
The 2025 season will encompass 13 rounds, 34 races, 6695km of competition, three different formats and Boost Mobile Top 10 Shootouts at each round bar the Australian Grand Prix support event.
Now to the drivers, there have been plenty of shifts headlined by 2024 champion Brodie Kostecki making the shift to the Shell V-Power Racing Team.
Replacing him at Erebus Motorsport is rookie Cooper Murray, while Anton De Pasquale joins Team 18 after Kostecki took his spot.
Richie Stanaway switches from Grove Racing to PremiAir Racing leaving another rookie in Kai Allen to slot into his previous position at the Melbourne-based team.
Wildcards will be more prevalent throughout the season courtesy of Cam Crick at Matt Stone Racing, Tickford Racing duo Lochie Dalton and Rylan Gray, while Zach Bates will line-up alongside Craig Lowndes in Triple Eight Race Engineering’s Enduro Cup entry.
Coming to an end after the 2025 season will be Triple Eight Race Engineering’s association with General Motors lasting 15 years, nine Drivers’ Championships, 11 Teams’ titles and seven Bathurst 1000 victories.
Walkinshaw Andretti United is moving to Toyota in 2026 and ends its brief association as a Ford squad lasting three seasons.
Don’t miss the action at Sydney Motorsport Park for the opening round of the Repco Supercars Championship on February 21-23.